Paint package



J. W. HASBURG.

PAINT PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10. 1921.

1,427,289- Patented Au zs), 1922..

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PAINT PACKAGE.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 29, 1922.

Application filed June 10, 1921. Serial No. 476,406.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. HAsBURG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county'of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Paint Packages, and declare the following to be a full, clear and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in packages designed to contain paint carried on glass palettes and has for its object to produce a construction and arrangement of parts which, while comparatively cheap and simple, will insure a tight sealing of the chamber in which the paintis contained so as to exclude dust and other objectionable matter.

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but, for a full understanding of my invention, and of its object and advantages, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved package, the lid being removed;

Fig. 2 is a cross section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale, the lid being in place; and i Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the same plane as Fig. 2 showing the various parts separated from each other but arranged one above the other in the order in which they lie in the complete package, the scale being approximately the same as that of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents a flat shallow box of any suitable material. 2 is a palette of glass on the upper side of which is a wafer-like mass, 3, of paint. 4: is a cover having a shallow dome-like central portion, 5, and flat marginal portions; the flat marginal portions being adapted to rest on the palette beyond the periphery of the paint wafer, while the raised central portion forms with the palette a chamber for the paint. The cover is preferably made transparent to permit the paint to be in- I spected without exposing it to the atmosphere and, to this end, it is conveniently made of celluloid. The parts heretofore described, together with the lid, 6, which is adapted to be telescoped upon the box to close the top of the same, are of well lmown construction. Having the parts just described, the problem is to insure that the chamber between the palette and the cover, within which the paint is housed, will be effectively sealed from the time of manufacture until the package is opened by the user. I have been accustomed to employ a follower which rests upon the flat marginal portion of the cover to hold the cover down. In accordance with my present invention I make use of a follower in the form' of a frame-like part, 7, adapted to rest, upon the flat marginal portion, 4:, of I the cover and having upwardly-projecting flanges, 8, which, when the parts are assembled in the box, project somewhat above the topof the box as shown in Fig. 2. When the lid is placed on the box, the top thereof bears upon the projecting flanges of the follower while the flanges, 9, of the lid frictionally engage the outer surfaces of the sides of the box. The flanges of the follower itself may be frictionally engaged with the inner surfaces of the sides of the box, sothat both frictional resistance between the follower and the box and between the box and the lid must be overcome before the follower can be outwardly displaced; but the important feature is the carrying of the flanges of the follower beyond the mouth of the box, because when the box is right side up the weight of the lid will always be pressing down on the follower and if the box is turned upside-down, the weight of the entire box and itscontents will be brought to bear to clamp the marginal portion of the cover between the follower and the palette. When a number of packages are piled one upon the other for storage or shipping, all of them serve to increase the pressure between the coversand the palettes inthe underlying packages and thus tend to increase the elfectiveness of the seal in those packages.

I claim:

A package comprising a box open at the top, a palette lying in the bottom of the box, it cover for said palette comprising a mem- 5 her having flat marginal portions and a. raised central portion, a follower overlying the fiat marginal portions of said cover and having flanges projecting upwardly beyond the upper edge of the box, and a lid telesooped upon the box and bearing against 10 said flanges.

In testimony whereof, I sign this speoification.

JOHN W. HASBURG. 

